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单词 uncompetitive
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Definition of uncompetitive in English:

uncompetitive

adjectiveʌnkəmˈpɛtɪtɪvˌənkəmˈpɛdədɪv
  • 1Not competitive.

    that would destroy jobs and make industry uncompetitive
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a result, he says, ‘we've become drastically uncompetitive.’
    • It has been under constant pressure from international financial circles to end the practice of stepping in with public funds to bail out uncompetitive and failing corporate entities.
    • Meanwhile, NBG is pulling back from Western Europe by closing uncompetitive branches in Frankfurt, Paris, and Amsterdam.
    • Unless it is managed better by both parties, they predict that the new deal will render organizations uncompetitive.
    • It said the T3, which is a relatively uncompetitive machine, represented competition if only because of its installed base.
    • Could auto manufacturing become the 21st century equivalent of Germany's coal industry, uncompetitive and destined to collapse?
    • He also expressed concern about the South, which he feels is becoming uncompetitive.
    • Now look at how the Zambian industry has collapsed due to the same policies which have made the sector become uncompetitive with other countries in the region.
    • No wonder we are becoming commercially uncompetitive with other nations.
    • Is this recession purely cyclical, or are we seeing a repeat of the 1970s, when uncompetitive industries were winnowed out?
    • So there's less reason for companies to stick with uncompetitive locations.
    • This legacy of government intervention and private monopoly has left Ireland with numerous uncompetitive sectors of the economy and a widespread culture of anti-consumer behaviour.
    • Europe is sometimes perceived as a region which is internationally uncompetitive.
    • Many countries, including Japan, Brazil and the EU, believe that the US uses these anti-dumping measures to protect its uncompetitive domestic steel industry from foreign competition.
    • Such comparisons show Ireland for what we have become, a high-cost, uncompetitive economy.
    • In the worst-case scenario, the shuttering of Italy's uncompetitive industry could send unemployment soaring and trigger a long recession.
    • In reality, many markets are uncompetitive and customers may have very little choice.
    • Maloney said that one of the major effects of the dotcom implosion was to rid the market of unprofitable and uncompetitive firms.
    • Polyester manufacturing has become uncompetitive in high cost economy of the developed countries.
    • Evan as wine shipments appear to be opening, the NY retail scene remains uncompetitive because of blue laws.
    1. 1.1 Characterized by a desire to avoid fair competition.
      uncompetitive practices
      Example sentencesExamples
      • No longer will he or she be able to hide behind the actions of his or her company to get away with uncompetitive practices.
      • The Commission says the measures are similar to those the US secretary of transport has to counteract practices seen as uncompetitive.
      • A compliance officer has since been assigned to ensure the campaign is not being unfair to traders and was devoid of any uncompetitive practices.
      • The Competition Authority is to probe excessive fees and uncompetitive practices in the Irish banking sector.
      • The OFT is to look into competition and selling with regard to store cards and could launch a formal investigation if uncompetitive practices are found.
      • Mr McDowell's comments come as the Competition Authority continues to investigate restrictive practices in the profession with a particular focus on perceived uncompetitive practices among barristers.
      • A Shropshire distie is threatening to report Cisco to the DTI for uncompetitive behaviour after the networking giant's lawyers began moves to stop it selling kit from Chinese equipment manufacturer Huawei.
      • While they destroy smaller traders by uncompetitive means, the superstores' relations with each other are not quite as red in tooth and claw as their advertising suggests.
      • The old system for choosing the elite cadre of advocates in England and Wales was frozen in 2003 after the Office of Fair Trading branded it uncompetitive, and no QCs have been appointed since.
      • But the European Commission believes that this has led to uncompetitive practices and disadvantages consumers through restricted choice.
      • ‘I believe that the market is riddled with uncompetitive practice, which is hugely increasing the cost of doing business in Ireland,’ he said.
      • It could increase competition by ending uncompetitive practices and demanding greater disclosure of information.
      • A general exemption on the grounds of public interest is built into the legislation to protect what might otherwise be uncompetitive activity.

Derivatives

  • uncompetitively

  • adverb
    • This suggests that the mechanisms of catalytic reactions are similar for both enzymes, although mammalian AP are inhibited uncompetitively by L-Phe or L-Arg, whereas E. coli AP are not.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Markets were thin, there was only room for one or two players in each area, and they were free to operate uncompetitively in such a way as to drive out competition - so they dominated the available market.
      • Government subsidies to sugar producers keep prices of American sugar uncompetitively high.
      • Namibia's unit costs of production are uncompetitively high.
      • BT has cut the cost of its wholesale Datastream product following complaints from rival operators that the dominant telco was acting uncompetitively.
  • uncompetitiveness

  • noun
    • The real underlying uncompetitiveness of the British economy, arising from the strength of sterling, has simply been disguised by aggressive cost cutting.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The litany of structural impediments includes poor profits, excessive corporate and household debt loads, a dearth of savings and investment opportunities, global uncompetitiveness, and so on.
      • It is more Manly's general uncompetitiveness for the past two seasons, apart from a few rare performance spikes, that causes concern.
      • And imports reflect the uncompetitiveness of much local industry, as well as expensive oil and investment-oriented purchases.
      • However the 13% rise in the euro could help offset some of the price pressure, but will add to our growing uncompetitiveness, warned Mr Power.
 
 

Definition of uncompetitive in US English:

uncompetitive

adjectiveˌənkəmˈpɛdədɪvˌənkəmˈpedədiv
  • 1(with reference to business or commerce) not competitive.

    that would destroy jobs and make industry uncompetitive
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He also expressed concern about the South, which he feels is becoming uncompetitive.
    • Polyester manufacturing has become uncompetitive in high cost economy of the developed countries.
    • Maloney said that one of the major effects of the dotcom implosion was to rid the market of unprofitable and uncompetitive firms.
    • As a result, he says, ‘we've become drastically uncompetitive.’
    • Many countries, including Japan, Brazil and the EU, believe that the US uses these anti-dumping measures to protect its uncompetitive domestic steel industry from foreign competition.
    • Now look at how the Zambian industry has collapsed due to the same policies which have made the sector become uncompetitive with other countries in the region.
    • Is this recession purely cyclical, or are we seeing a repeat of the 1970s, when uncompetitive industries were winnowed out?
    • It has been under constant pressure from international financial circles to end the practice of stepping in with public funds to bail out uncompetitive and failing corporate entities.
    • No wonder we are becoming commercially uncompetitive with other nations.
    • Such comparisons show Ireland for what we have become, a high-cost, uncompetitive economy.
    • It said the T3, which is a relatively uncompetitive machine, represented competition if only because of its installed base.
    • Unless it is managed better by both parties, they predict that the new deal will render organizations uncompetitive.
    • Evan as wine shipments appear to be opening, the NY retail scene remains uncompetitive because of blue laws.
    • So there's less reason for companies to stick with uncompetitive locations.
    • In reality, many markets are uncompetitive and customers may have very little choice.
    • This legacy of government intervention and private monopoly has left Ireland with numerous uncompetitive sectors of the economy and a widespread culture of anti-consumer behaviour.
    • Could auto manufacturing become the 21st century equivalent of Germany's coal industry, uncompetitive and destined to collapse?
    • Meanwhile, NBG is pulling back from Western Europe by closing uncompetitive branches in Frankfurt, Paris, and Amsterdam.
    • Europe is sometimes perceived as a region which is internationally uncompetitive.
    • In the worst-case scenario, the shuttering of Italy's uncompetitive industry could send unemployment soaring and trigger a long recession.
    1. 1.1 Characterized by a desire to avoid fair competition.
      uncompetitive practices
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The old system for choosing the elite cadre of advocates in England and Wales was frozen in 2003 after the Office of Fair Trading branded it uncompetitive, and no QCs have been appointed since.
      • The OFT is to look into competition and selling with regard to store cards and could launch a formal investigation if uncompetitive practices are found.
      • The Competition Authority is to probe excessive fees and uncompetitive practices in the Irish banking sector.
      • ‘I believe that the market is riddled with uncompetitive practice, which is hugely increasing the cost of doing business in Ireland,’ he said.
      • Mr McDowell's comments come as the Competition Authority continues to investigate restrictive practices in the profession with a particular focus on perceived uncompetitive practices among barristers.
      • It could increase competition by ending uncompetitive practices and demanding greater disclosure of information.
      • While they destroy smaller traders by uncompetitive means, the superstores' relations with each other are not quite as red in tooth and claw as their advertising suggests.
      • A Shropshire distie is threatening to report Cisco to the DTI for uncompetitive behaviour after the networking giant's lawyers began moves to stop it selling kit from Chinese equipment manufacturer Huawei.
      • No longer will he or she be able to hide behind the actions of his or her company to get away with uncompetitive practices.
      • But the European Commission believes that this has led to uncompetitive practices and disadvantages consumers through restricted choice.
      • A general exemption on the grounds of public interest is built into the legislation to protect what might otherwise be uncompetitive activity.
      • A compliance officer has since been assigned to ensure the campaign is not being unfair to traders and was devoid of any uncompetitive practices.
      • The Commission says the measures are similar to those the US secretary of transport has to counteract practices seen as uncompetitive.
 
 
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